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...transcended ordinary expectations with its performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, Op. 35. While the appearance of conductor James Yannatos met with the hearty approbation of the audience, the advent of the 1997-98 concerto competition winner produced a reaction more akin to an electric shock. The phenomenon calling himself Joseph Lin '00 strode onto the stage, sweet-faced and supremely self-possessed, and immediately filled Sanders with his charismatic stage presence. Yannatos exchanged a few words with him, then plunged into the beginning of the concerto. Lin remained imperturbable as he hoisted his violin onto his shoulder during...
...performance retained heart and heat throughout this and the third, increasingly intense, movement. His performance grabbed its listeners by their lapels and sucked them into the now-manic, now-dejected concerto. The amazing Lin combined impeccable technique, angelic tone, and exceptional musicality in his supremely expressive interpretation of the well-loved piece. His prodigious gifts will illumine any stage he touches, and future concerts should add even more impressive credits to his already lengthy list of accolades...
...Anastasia sound track, whipping through her triple flip, exploding into a grin that dwarfed her 80-lb. frame and skating circles around everyone but Kwan. Then the 17-year-old veteran showed that having soul as well as legs counts. Kwan drew out the chords of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor into a smooth legato line as she flowed, left leg extended, straight toward the panel of judges. When she emerged from that, the audience and judges had swooned, and Kwan had gold in her sights. Eight of nine judges placed her first...
...years, the set includes such highlights in the symphony's history as Otto Klemperer's masterly U.S. premiere in 1934 of the original, and now standard, version of Bruckner's Symphony No. 9; and the youthful ardor and easy virtuosity of Jascha Heifetz and Arturo Toscanini performing Brahms' Violin Concerto in 1935. The impassioned responsiveness Toscanini elicits from the orchestra demonstrates why his players held...
Also on hand are performances of works the artists never recorded commercially, such as Fritz Reiner's elegant, pastoral reading of Brahms' Symphony No. 2 and the lyrical and propulsive performance of Chopin's Concerto No. 1 by Bruno Walter and Arthur Rubinstein, who, under contract to different labels, were never permitted to record together. There are David Oistrakh and Dimitri Mitropoulos in their nonpareil, rivetingly intense U.S. debut of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto, and memorable farewells like the thrilling immolation scene from Wagner's Gotterdammerung in 1952 with Walter and Kirsten Flagstad in her last appearance with...